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WASHINGTON - Just one day before unauthorized immigrants were set to begin applying for work permits and legal protections, the administration announced Tuesday that it would delay carrying out President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration, saying a federal judge’s last-minute ruling had tied the White House’s hands... Continue here.

TEA PARTY PATRIOTS:
Tea Party's Jenny Beth Martin Sizes Up Fiorina, Carson, Huckabee
“With three new entrants into the Republican presidential field this week, Tea Party Patriots co-founder Jenny Beth Martin gave her thoughts to Newsmax TV on Monday about how each would fare with the tea party wing. "Any of them are going to be better than what we will get with Hillary Clinton," Martin said on "Newsmax Prime." "She is from the past, and it's time for someone who's going to be looking towards the future."…”
http://www.bayoubuzz.com/politics/us-politics/item/872135-tea-partys-jenny-beth-martin-sizes-up-fiorina-carson-huckabee
GOP Rep. Ron ...

On Tuesday, Senate Democrats blocked legislation [1] that would have funded the Department of Homeland Security, but reversed President Obama’s executive action on immigration. That’s right: even though DHS funding is set to run out at the end of February, Democrats in the hallowed halls of the Senate think it’s a better idea to preserve amnesty, then fund a government agency.
We need to make our voice heard loud and clear. Last November, voters rejected the Obama agenda, including amnesty. Now, it’s time to call BOTH your senators and remind them what last year’s election was all about. Call at 202-224-3121 and tell them to vote to ...

TEA PARTY PATRIOTS:
COALITION BLASTS IDEA OF GIVING OBAMA MORE POWER
'Fast track' for trade agreement would be 'height of irresponsibility'
“A group letter urging opposition to passage of fast track trade authority has been delivered to Congress, and American for Limited Government promised a robust effort to educate members of Congress and their constituents about the dangers of giving Obama yet more power. In addition to those at the press conference, others signing the group letter were Jenny Beth Martin, founder of Tea Party Patriots and Judson Philips of Tea Party Nation.”
http://www.wnd.com/2015/01/coalition-blasts-idea-of-givi...

HEALTHCARE:
Americans Are Spending 42 Percent More on Health Insurance Than They Did in 2007
“Data on consumer spending show that spending on health insurance surged 42 percent from 2007 to 2013, according to analysis by the Wall Street Journal. The rise reflects the increasing cost of health insurance and the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that everyone buy extensive health insurance. Another feature shown by the data is the movement away from home-ownership and associated costs. Families are more likely to rent than in 2007, so mortgage spending is down and rent spending is up. Some of the other categories where spending fell – ...

President Obama made headlines and stirred up lots of controversy yesterday when disembarking from Marine One, the helicopter that he often uses for official travel. Yesterday, Obama was photographed saluting the two Marines standing guard with a coffee cup[1] in his saluting hand. The incident was recorded on the official White House Instagram feed[2]. This is a major breach of protocol and a sign of disrespect to the Marines whose duty it is to protect his life. It is also not the first time President Obama has broken with protocol while riding Marine One.
Back in 2013, President Obama walked past a saluting Marine to board Marine One without ...

HEALTHCARE:
Vitter: Obama Admin ‘Bending Over Backwards To Give Obamacare To Illegal Immigrants’
“The Obama administration is “bending over backwards to give Obamacare to illegal immigrants,” Louisiana Republican Sen. David Vitter charged on Monday. Sen. Vitter wrote to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator Marilyn Tavenner on Monday with a hard line of questioning about the agency’s months-late effort to verify Obamacare sign-ups’ citizenship and immigration status. “The Obama Administration is bending over backwards to give Obamacare to illegal immigrants — but won’t protect hard working American citizens ...

What a difference four years can make. The enthusiasm among the youth that carried the President to victory is now waning as millennials learn what “hope and change” really means. While some attribute this fading fervor to their lack of loyalty to organized institutions like political parties, it seems the President’s policies, particularly Obamacare, aren’t helping foster the once close ties.
Many students, who have relied on part-time university jobs to pay for college, are now seeing their hours dramatically cut due the healthcare law’s new “full-time” definition. Ashley – a student at a university in Texas – is one of them. ...

Anthem’s announcement last fall excluding Missouri’s largest hospital network in all individual plans,sent patients and healthcare advocates in an uproar. Missouri resident Ben was one of the many distraught by the news.
“I will preface this by saying that Missouri has an average of 17 choices on the health exchanges, while the national state average is 53. It was announced that Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, one of the largest insurance providers in the state, will no longer cover the Barnes Jewish Christian (BJC) Healthcare Organization. BJC is an internationally respected healthcare chain, with 13 hospitals in the St. Louis area ...

From Huffington Post by the Associated Press:
Lawmakers from both parties have devoted nearly half a billion dollars in taxpayer money over the past two years to build improved versions of the 70-ton Abrams.
But senior Army officials have said repeatedly, "No thanks."
It's the inverse of the federal budget world these days, in which automatic spending cuts are leaving sought-after pet programs struggling or unpaid altogether. Republicans and Democrats for years have fought so bitterly that lawmaking in Washington ground to a near-halt.
Yet in the case of the Abrams tank, there's a bipartisan push to spend an extra $436 million on a weapon the ...